Andriy Medvedev, ex-commander of the "Wagner" PPC, who fled to Norway, gave an interview to the local media and apologized to Ukrainians.

This is reported by NRK.

"I refused security measures. The Norwegian police are of course watching me, but I don't need them in general," he says.

Medvedev said that he and other mercenaries were "sent to the meat grinder" in Ukraine.

The guy explained that he decided to desert and run away for two reasons:

• realized that the Russian war against Ukraine is absolutely wrong,

• due to internal brutality in the ranks of the "Wagner" group.

Medvedev claims that in just 10 days, there were several shootings of those "Wagnerians" who refused to obey the order.

"We were sent to a meat grinder, with machine guns against tanks," says the ex-commander of the Wagner group.

Apology of the former "Wagnerian"

"I understand that it's hard to accept, I agree. I'm a scoundrel for you. I'm just asking you to pay attention once again to the fact that I realized it, even if it's late, but I realized it and spoke against all this," Medvedev said.

The 26-year-old Russian asked not to condemn him.

"I resisted this. Please do not condemn me, and in any case, I apologize," Medvedev said.

Photo: nrk.no

"Extradition means death for me"

Norwegian authorities are currently considering Andriy Medvedev's application for asylum.

The Ukrainian diaspora opposes this

If the former "Wagnerian" is found guilty of war crimes, he will not be granted refugee status, and at the same time, sending him back to Russia may be dangerous, the publication notes.

"Everyone must understand that if I am sent to Russia, it means death for me. Also, everyone must understand that if I am sent to Ukraine, it also means death," says the former occupier.

He is afraid that if he is sent to Ukraine, Kyiv will want to exchange him for our defenders who are in Russian captivity.

We will remind you that on the night of January 12-13, the ex-commander of the "Wagner" PMK Andriy Medvedev avoided the pursuit of Russian border guards and miraculously escaped to Norway.

There he asked for political asylum.

It was the fugitive Andrii Medvedev who was the commander of Yevgeny Nuzhin, a prisoner killed with a sledgehammer, from the "Wagner" PVK detachment.

Read the story of prisoner Nuzhin, who was executed in the Russian Federation after returning from Ukrainian captivity, at the link.

Read also:

• The United States has recognized Wagner's PMC as a transnational criminal organization

• The Wagner cemetery in Russia has grown almost sevenfold: satellite photo

• The real role of Prigozhin in the war against Ukraine was named in intelligence

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